Here's something you might not know, courtesy of wikipedia:
Snow was an avid musician. He played the trombone, flute, piccolo, accordion, saxophone, and guitar, and belonged to a cover band, Beats Workin', which featured fellow Washington-area professionals. Beats Workin' played publicly with a number of rock bands, including Snow's friends Skunk Baxter (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan) and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. He was featured on an episode of VH1 Classic's Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp.
May 12, 2006
Tony Snow, White House Press Secretary, plays Stormy Monday with Leslie West of Mountain at the Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp
http://youtube.com/watch?v=z1PEyzk4ADU
Thanks, x. Folks have posted a number of his music videos. He was so talented.
My dad had that same facility to just pick up instruments and play them. I don’t think you can teach that.